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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 8, 2021 15:46:44 GMT
As for who will top the medal table, I still think the US will do it based on gold medals. And they did! By two medals. It was interesting Michael Johnson saying how badly the US did in athletics, yet they still topped the athletics medal table by loads. I'm catching up with the review from this morning and there's a good interview with Adam Peaty at the start: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ypzk/olympics-reviewLaura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris?
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 8, 2021 15:50:34 GMT
As for who will top the medal table, I still think the US will do it based on gold medals. And they did! By two medals. It was interesting Michael Johnson saying how badly the US did in athletics, yet they still topped the athletics medal table by loads. I'm catching up with the review from this morning and there's a good interview with Adam Peaty at the start: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ypzk/olympics-reviewLaura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris? I think the women pulled the men out of the proverbial. They were brilliant, the men were dire.
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 9, 2021 7:18:22 GMT
So, the party’s over.
I’ll miss it. Been some amazing stuff happening over the past few weeks.
My top 3 golden moments…
1) Charlotte Worthington winning the women’s BMX freestyle 2) Jason Kenny winning the Keiren 3) Tom Daley and Marty Lee winning that diving gold
Roll on Paris.
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Post by lancashirelad on Aug 9, 2021 7:44:06 GMT
And they did! By two medals. It was interesting Michael Johnson saying how badly the US did in athletics, yet they still topped the athletics medal table by loads. I'm catching up with the review from this morning and there's a good interview with Adam Peaty at the start: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000ypzk/olympics-reviewLaura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris? I think the women pulled the men out of the proverbial. They were brilliant, the men were dire. The women did do brilliant as did the whole team in all sports. The media rightly encouraging women in sports to take part but it is not a competition which comes across as men results against womens. For the record on GB medals 36 i believe male, 24 female and 5 mixed events. I have enjoyed the games and hope that the athletes have inspired others to try different sports and enjoy them.
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 9, 2021 8:17:04 GMT
3 years to Paris in 2024, 26th July to 11th August.
I thought a lot of our winners and near misses this time were relatively young and ready to go again in three years time.
Here's hoping we can do better than ever.
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Post by Kilo on Aug 9, 2021 9:52:32 GMT
So, the party’s over. I’ll miss it. Been some amazing stuff happening over the past few weeks. My top 3 golden moments… 1) Charlotte Worthington winning the women’s BMX freestyle 2) Jason Kenny winning the Keiren 3) Tom Daley and Marty Lee winning that diving gold Roll on Paris. Difficult to argue with those three but I'd have to have Laura & Katie up there in the Madison - winning 10 out of 12 sprints and gaining a lap over a world class field was unbelievable. They destroyed the rest of the field on a par with Man City beating Man Utd 25-0
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 9, 2021 13:30:58 GMT
The highlight for me was non-GB, but the moment the two high jumpers agreed to share gold. I enjoyed seeing Holly Bradshaw and Laura Muir win medals after being so close so often, and for Tom Daley to win gold, especially as part of a duo. The women's 800m was very exciting with a silver medal and fourth place just missing out on bronze. I'd never been interested in weightlifting before but enjoyed seeing Emily Campbell win silver. Although I didn't see it live and already knew the result, I loved Charlotte Worthington's gold too. As well as the BMX race silver and gold, and the skateboarding bronze. Not to criticise anyone, but it'd be interesting to look back at the thread on here criticising the new events compared to what we think of those events now. Laura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris? Jason Kenny has apparently said he intends to compete in Paris (though he did temporarily retire after Rio 2016 so who knows). Chris Hoy won golds at 36, and maybe Jason will stay ahead of Laura! Kudos to Japan for doing so well, especially without the home crowds that are usually so beneficial. They put on a great games too, despite all the controversy leading up to it. I hope the Japanese people who protested against the Olympics got some enjoyment out of their success. Completely different circumstances, but it reminded me of the build-up to London 2012 in a way, how everything was doom and gloom but then it lifted the whole country.
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 9, 2021 13:56:48 GMT
The highlight for me was non-GB, but the moment the two high jumpers agreed to share gold. I enjoyed seeing Holly Bradshaw and Laura Muir win medals after being so close so often, and for Tom Daley to win gold, especially as part of a duo. The women's 800m was very exciting with a silver medal and fourth place just missing out on bronze. I'd never been interested in weightlifting before but enjoyed seeing Emily Campbell win silver. Although I didn't see it live and already knew the result, I loved Charlotte Worthington's gold too. As well as the BMX race silver and gold, and the skateboarding bronze. Not to criticise anyone, but it'd be interesting to look back at the thread on here criticising the new events compared to what we think of those events now. Laura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris? Jason Kenny has apparently said he intends to compete in Paris (though he did temporarily retire after Rio 2016 so who knows). Chris Hoy won golds at 36, and maybe Jason will stay ahead of Laura! Kudos to Japan for doing so well, especially without the home crowds that are usually so beneficial. They put on a great games too, despite all the controversy leading up to it. I hope the Japanese people who protested against the Olympics got some enjoyment out of their success. Completely different circumstances, but it reminded me of the build-up to London 2012 in a way, how everything was doom and gloom but then it lifted the whole country. I think my non GB highlight Was the Austrian women who just broke away at the start of the women’s cycling road race and they never caught Those breakaways almost never work
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Post by xchpotter on Aug 9, 2021 14:45:13 GMT
Really enjoyed it and missed the Olympic Breakfast on BBC this morning. A super effort by Team GB, but my highlight has to be the mardarse French boxer when he got disqualified for head butting. What an idiot for acting that way, especially when the ethos of the games is about sportsmanship.
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Post by thehartshillbadger on Aug 9, 2021 16:59:40 GMT
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Post by Kilo on Aug 9, 2021 17:06:03 GMT
The highlight for me was non-GB, but the moment the two high jumpers agreed to share gold. I enjoyed seeing Holly Bradshaw and Laura Muir win medals after being so close so often, and for Tom Daley to win gold, especially as part of a duo. The women's 800m was very exciting with a silver medal and fourth place just missing out on bronze. I'd never been interested in weightlifting before but enjoyed seeing Emily Campbell win silver. Although I didn't see it live and already knew the result, I loved Charlotte Worthington's gold too. As well as the BMX race silver and gold, and the skateboarding bronze. Not to criticise anyone, but it'd be interesting to look back at the thread on here criticising the new events compared to what we think of those events now. Laura Kenny to become Britain's most decorated Olympian in Paris? Jason Kenny has apparently said he intends to compete in Paris (though he did temporarily retire after Rio 2016 so who knows). Chris Hoy won golds at 36, and maybe Jason will stay ahead of Laura! Kudos to Japan for doing so well, especially without the home crowds that are usually so beneficial. They put on a great games too, despite all the controversy leading up to it. I hope the Japanese people who protested against the Olympics got some enjoyment out of their success. Completely different circumstances, but it reminded me of the build-up to London 2012 in a way, how everything was doom and gloom but then it lifted the whole country. To be fair, Japan should be above Team GB on the medal table every time as they have a population of 126 million!
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Post by Vadiation_Ribe on Aug 9, 2021 21:20:59 GMT
The BBC studio was made in Unreal Engine (the same engine used to develop Fortnite):
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Post by duckling on Aug 10, 2021 1:46:37 GMT
Kudos to Japan for doing so well, especially without the home crowds that are usually so beneficial. They put on a great games too, despite all the controversy leading up to it. I hope the Japanese people who protested against the Olympics got some enjoyment out of their success. Completely different circumstances, but it reminded me of the build-up to London 2012 in a way, how everything was doom and gloom but then it lifted the whole country. I think the IOC really lucked out that the Games were scheduled for Japan. I'm not convinced any other country could have pulled it off under the circumstances. Japan seems like a country that is organized, clean, and knows how to get shit done in a safe way. The other two cities that bid for the 2020 Olympics were Istanbul and Madrid. I certainly wouldn't have trusted either of them to handle a pandemic Olympics so well.
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Post by tuum on Aug 10, 2021 2:47:55 GMT
The highlight for me was non-GB, but the moment the two high jumpers agreed to share gold. I enjoyed seeing Holly Bradshaw and Laura Muir win medals after being so close so often, and for Tom Daley to win gold, especially as part of a duo. The women's 800m was very exciting with a silver medal and fourth place just missing out on bronze. I'd never been interested in weightlifting before but enjoyed seeing Emily Campbell win silver. Although I didn't see it live and already knew the result, I loved Charlotte Worthington's gold too. As well as the BMX race silver and gold, and the skateboarding bronze. Not to criticise anyone, but it'd be interesting to look back at the thread on here criticising the new events compared to what we think of those events now. Jason Kenny has apparently said he intends to compete in Paris (though he did temporarily retire after Rio 2016 so who knows). Chris Hoy won golds at 36, and maybe Jason will stay ahead of Laura! Kudos to Japan for doing so well, especially without the home crowds that are usually so beneficial. They put on a great games too, despite all the controversy leading up to it. I hope the Japanese people who protested against the Olympics got some enjoyment out of their success. Completely different circumstances, but it reminded me of the build-up to London 2012 in a way, how everything was doom and gloom but then it lifted the whole country. I think my non GB highlight Was the Austrian women who just broke away at the start of the women’s cycling road race and they never caught Those breakaways almost never work That was good for so many reasons. She is an amateur cyclist in that her full time job is as a university lecturer. She has a PhD in Maths. Austria only entered one person-her. So, no back up to share the workload. Some in professional cycling think it is embarrassing that the pros (e.g the 4no Dutch team) were beaten by an amateur. It highlighted the lack of communication and selfishness of some of the other competitors who had the potential support of team members if they had chosen to adopt that strategy. The fact that the Dutch woman who finished 2nd thought she had won only added to the criticism of the Dutch team.
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